It's not about production, even for products that need rear resources. Our economies were overcapacity economies in that respect. 
It is all about distribution. The bad guys must have more than others. There must be poor people even in great abundance. Have you ever heard about the Pareto principle. Some bad guys think that they must value more and rule the others, while in reality they are the 20% of the shity problem. Read about the Pareto principle, you have to know...